Cosand B J, Bourque L B, Kraus J F
Adolescence. 1982 Winter;17(68):917-30.
Suicide is one of the three leading causes of death among adolescents. More importantly, the rate of suicide is on the increase among both male and female adolescents (Tischler, McKenry, & Morgan, 1981). Data from the United States show that approximately 25,000 persons commit suicide each year (Coleman, 1976), and almost one-fifth of these are in the 15 to 24 year age group (Hendin, 1975). More disturbing is that a large number of adolescent suicides go unreported and that up to 50% of all these unreported suicides are categorized as "accidents" (Toolan, 1964). Utilizing suicide data collected in Sacramento County, California between 1925 and 1979, we analyzed suicides among persons aged 10 to 24 to determine if there are sociodemographic factors or presuicide behaviors which discriminate between male and female suicides, suicides of different ages, or explain the increase in suicide rates, and to compare adolescent suicide rates in Sacramento County with national findings.
自杀是青少年三大主要死因之一。更重要的是，青少年男性和女性的自杀率都在上升（蒂施勒、麦肯里和摩根，1981年）。来自美国的数据显示，每年约有25000人自杀（科尔曼，1976年），其中近五分之一属于15至24岁年龄组（亨丁，1975年）。更令人不安的是，大量青少年自杀事件未被报告，而且在所有这些未报告的自杀事件中，高达50%被归类为“意外事故”（图兰，1964年）。利用1925年至1979年在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托县收集的自杀数据，我们分析了10至24岁人群的自杀情况，以确定是否存在社会人口学因素或自杀前行为，这些因素能够区分男性和女性自杀、不同年龄的自杀情况，或者解释自杀率的上升，并将萨克拉门托县的青少年自杀率与全国调查结果进行比较。
